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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 01, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Donald G. Rexford, Pattersonville, NY (US);
David A. Larsen, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Earle R. Webster, Jr., Clifton Park, NY (US);
Assignee:
Blasch Precision Ceramics, Inc., Albany, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01F 3/04 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01F 3/04 ;
Abstract
A monolithic, fired ceramic gas diffuser for injecting gas into a molten metal bath, including a first portion, a second portion integrated with the first portion, and a bore passing through the first portion and communicating with the second portion for supplying gas to the second portion, wherein at least the second portion has a network of interconnected pores that provides preferential gas flow from the bore through the second portion to inject gas into the molten metal bath.